Improvement in lamp-shade supporters



G. W. HATCH.

Lamp-Shade Support.

N0,128,3D8, I Patented June 25,1872.

M [m a WITNESSES:

I mvsm-o. Wm fi UNITED STATEs GEORGE W. HATCH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-SHADE SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,308, dated June 25,1872.

N ature and Object.

This invention pertains to that class of articles which serve to screenor protect the eyes from the glaring light of the lamp or gasflame, andalso often serves to deflect downward the light more directly than wouldoccur without such shade or deflector; and it consists in providingsuitable supports for holdin g such shade or deflector or both, as maybe, and so combining them with a central ring that surrounds the burner,and upon which the chimney, when one is used, may rest, that, whendesired, said supports or arms may be separated from the ring, and allpacked in a more compact form for portability.

Drawing.

Figure 1 represents a plan of the supports and ring for an Argand burnerin combination and complete for use; Fig. 2, a sectionalview through thecenter of the ring and with two arms in proper position; Fig. 3, asectional view of a ring adapted for a gas-burner. Fig. 4 is a plan ofthe under side of the ring, and shows one of the arms as in its firstposition of being combined with the ring or properly connected with it;Fig. 5, a sectional view of a ring for an Argand burner, with one of thearms turned down to the opposite of its proper position to show how itis further combined with the ring.

A represents the ring or base for the arms B B B which are combinedtogether in such a manner as to be easily and quickly separated andpacked in small compass for convenient handling. The ring A may bestruck up of sheet-brass or other suitable metal and perforated, as iscommonly done and here shown, and thus serve as a base for a chimneywhen one is used, it being supported by the small vertical wires 0 O 0shown at Fig. 2, which are attached to the ring A. The arms or supportsB, B and B are formed of round wire and shaped as shown at B, Fig. 2,the outer end being curved upward to receive and retain the shade whenplaced upon it. The

inner ends of said arms are shaped with a partially-straight part, asshown at D, Figs. 2, 4,

- and 5, and then terminating in a regular curve over and toward itselflike a J. This inner end of each arm orsupport B, B and B is combinedwith the ringAby beingintroduced througha hole in the lower verticalband of the ring, as shown at E, Fig. 4; then the arm is turned down andshoved still further through,

which gives the position seen at G, Fig. 5, from which it is turned halfround, thereby turning up the hook at G, which is then placed in asecond hole in' the ring, as at H, Fig. 2.

There are two holes for each arm, and it is evident that more than threearms may be used, if desired, but three are usually quite sufficient. Itis also evident that the ring or baseAmay be fitted for various kinds ofburner, as Argand, gas, or various sorts of lamps, without departingfrom the nature of my inventionthat of portability combined with that ofmarvelous cheapness.

I therefore claim As an article of manufacture, a lamp or gasshadesupport having movable arms B B B, in combination with a ring or base,as described, and for the purposes set forth.

GEORGE W. HATCH.

Witnesses:

E. N. ELIOT, W. G. WITTER.

